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ANTIQUE #SA1196065

Georgian Rare Double Handle Jelly Glass

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: The World is Made of Glass Ltd.

This is a scarce Georgian, English, large jelly or syllabub glass with a double handle dating from the middle of the 18th century, c1750.
 
The glass is in excellent condition for its age. This means, of course, that it shows age related wear and tear to the rim of the foot consistent with some 250 years of use. It has a rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.
 
The glass has a plain bell-shaped bowl measuring 8 cm (3.2 inches) in diameter at the rim. The bowl is plain and sits directly on a conical foot which measures 5.3 cm (2.1 inches) in diameter. The glass is 11.5 cm (4.6 inches) in height. The loop handles were first applied to the top of the bowl and then finished off at the bottom of the bowl with curlicues. There are no chips, cracks, significant scratches or any obvious evidence of restoration. There are a couple of tiny unburst bubbles in the metal of the bowl dating from manufacture, one just under the bowl rim. There is a collector''s sticker to the ...
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The World is Made of Glass Ltd.
Dealing in antique and collectable glass from the 17th to the 21st century.
Somerset
United Kingdom
Tel: 07986 518362
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD